Taking full advantage of a series of clear nights, I couldn't resist some wide-field shots of the sky. Seeing was reasonably good, if not perfect, a few nights after full moon. The temperature was a little cool, but pleasant. Here are the fruits of my labor:

Hi Reggie, I much like the idea, but with all this white around the images and in a brightly lit room (where I am now) the images look mostly black. I think they need a bit of exaggeration to let the stars shine.

I took the last image, copied it to several layers and gave them all the blend mode "linear dodge (add)". Each time I tried to leave the darkest pixels unaffected. I also blurred the layers to varying degrees.

The signature became severely overcooked, and the background turned splotchy in spite of my attempts to protect it, but now I can see the stars with ease.

I think you have good images to work with, and if you could pull out the stars from the dark background they would become much more impressive visually. Though you should maybe blur them a bit less and definitely protect the background better than I did!

You can get apps. to turn the forum into any colour you want. That's one good thing about the DLM - dark screen.

Look for the app. to do this with your particular browser. I have it on both my Firefox and my Pale Moon. And you could ask George to make a "change of theme" a permanent option in the settings here. You have my permission to sign my name to it as well.

Hi Reggie, I much like the idea, but with all this white around the images and in a brightly lit room (where I am now) the images look mostly black. I think they need a bit of exaggeration to let the stars shine.

I took the last image, copied it to several layers and gave them all the blend mode "linear dodge (add)". Each time I tried to leave the darkest pixels unaffected. I also blurred the layers to varying degrees.

The signature became severely overcooked, and the background turned splotchy in spite of my attempts to protect it, but now I can see the stars with ease.

I think you have good images to work with, and if you could pull out the stars from the dark background they would become much more impressive visually. Though you should maybe blur them a bit less and definitely protect the background better than I did!

Wow! Interesting processing! The stars really jump out against the white theme. On SGL, a.k.a DLM, the original images stand out much better. I really need to spend more time processing. I just point and shoot mostly and then, off to observing. Thanks for taking the time to process this!

You can get apps. to turn the forum into any colour you want. That's one good thing about the DLM - dark screen.

Look for the app. to do this with your particular browser. I have it on both my Firefox and my Pale Moon. And you could ask George to make a "change of theme" a permanent option in the settings here. You have my permission to sign my name to it as well.

@Orion25 great set of pictures again, you put a lot of efforts producing stuff out of the sky very honorable.

It's fantastic how the great nebula is easy to see, it's there in your orion picture. You also have the bunch of bright stars inside Auriga, there must be some kind of name for them (which i don't know). I am talking about the batch of stars 16, 18, 19, 14 these very bright stars close to the "flaming star nebula", a nebula I can't see visually.

But I know this collection of stars is a very nice one to look at low power. Another rich place I like to stop by when I can.

@Orion25 great set of pictures again, you put a lot of efforts producing stuff out of the sky very honorable.

It's fantastic how the great nebula is easy to see, it's there in your orion picture. You also have the bunch of bright stars inside Auriga, there must be some kind of name for them (which i don't know). I am talking about the batch of stars 16, 18, 19, 14 these very bright stars close to the "flaming star nebula", a nebula I can't see visually.

But I know this collection of stars is a very nice one to look at low power. Another rich place I like to stop by when I can.

Your style of capturing a constellation is truly a 'minimalist' approach - and one that works beautifully! I know better than to ask how or what brought you to do it like you have - that 'Muse' has a way to scamper away at the hint of a query!

Your style of capturing a constellation is truly a 'minimalist' approach - and one that works beautifully! I know better than to ask how or what brought you to do it like you have - that 'Muse' has a way to scamper away at the hint of a query!

Tricky lil' fellahs, them 'Muse' critters.....

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Wado, my brother! I let the inspiration hit me and I go with it, haha!

We know your swamped, George, and could use an assistant. Just so you know - I'll be ready to do such as send myUser Manual collection, and the many other types of materials for folks' to view & enjoy.

We know your swamped, George, and could use an assistant. Just so you know - I'll be ready to do such as send myUser Manual collection, and the many other types of materials for folks' to view & enjoy.